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Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Farmers in the U.S. may have planted fewer pulse acres in 2018 compared to the previous year — but the reduction was likely not as large as forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A return to average yields would also still result in big supplies overall, after poor crops in 2017,

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Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Good start despite dry conditions

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News May 15, 2018

CNS Canada — Dry soil conditions persist across many areas of Western Canada but the outlook for pulse crops seems fairly promising in one specialist’s view. “For the pulses, seeding has been going fairly well,” said Daphne Cruise, crops extension specialist with Saskatchewan’s provincial Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Moose Jaw. “A lot of the pulses

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 8, 2018

CNS Canada — While Statistics Canada is predicting a drop in fababean acres this year, an agronomist with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers hopes that isn’t the case. “We had about 50,000 acres for the last three years here in Saskatchewan. And we’re thinking that we’ll be maybe slightly below that,” said SPG agronomy manager Sherrilyn Phelps.

Crops, Pulses

Pulse growers urge low moisture management for seeding

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers has some  advice on planting in dry conditions

By Alexis Stockford May 8, 2018

For pulse growers used to planting into wet conditions, it’s going to be a year for recalibrating their seeding practices. The Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) has put the word out for producers to watch herbicide carry-over, salinity, and adjust tillage and seeding practices given lacklustre rainfalls in 2017 and snow-bare winter. Dry conditions

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Chickpeas should see a resurgence in Western Canada this spring, as farmers who hadn’t seeded the crop for a number of years shift some acres back from other pulses. “We sold a sizeable amount of chickpea planting seed,” said Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw. After an excellent quality year

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan acreage ideas hold firm

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 2, 2018

CNS Canada — Disruptions in marketing to India may have cut into prices for peas and lentils over the past year, but farmers in Saskatchewan did not shift their pulse acreage intentions for 2018 all that much according to the results of Statistics Canada’s latest survey, released Friday. Saskatchewan farmers intend to seed 2.171 million

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie lentils look for spark

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News April 24, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s not exactly a banner time for the lentil market. Prices have been steady to slightly lower over the past month as lacklustre interest and Indian tariffs on peas and chickpeas have largely dissuaded farmers from planting pulses in general. “I think the impact and extension of the impact of the Indian

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Monsoon outlook bearish for Canadian crop

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News April 18, 2018

CNS Canada — India is forecasting an average monsoon rainfall this year, making the chance of India importing Canadian pulse crops slim. “Given the tariff scheme and the protectionist attitudes India has displayed this year, I think it will take a major weather influence to hurry up the correction to (imports),” said Marlene Boersch, managing

Crops, Other, Pulses

Can Manitoba support 300,000 acres of field peas?

Right now there are headwinds but looming local processing capacity bodes well for the crop

By Alexis Stockford April 10, 2018

Could Manitoba see 300,000 acres of peas a year? That was the self-admittedly provocative question Manitoba Agriculture pulse extension Terry Buss raised at a March 20 pea producers’ meeting in Brandon. Hitting that mark would mean an acreage five times larger than this coming season’s projected acreage, which has been pegged at 65,000 acres, up

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Low prices change growers’ marketing tack

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News April 10, 2018

CNS Canada — After years of western Canadian farmers rushing to lock in pulse crop contracts during the spring, this year that hasn’t been the case. “Normally I would say that I’d have my plant booked to December and I don’t have a single thing booked this year. But does that mean we’re not going

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Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

Pulse weekly outlook: Good start despite dry conditions

Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans

Pulse growers urge low moisture management for seeding

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan acreage ideas hold firm

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie lentils look for spark

Pulse weekly outlook: Monsoon outlook bearish for Canadian crop

Can Manitoba support 300,000 acres of field peas?

Pulse weekly outlook: Low prices change growers’ marketing tack

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